I just received the following in an e-mail. The bill numbers are HB 701 and SB 2128.
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Senator Wise has filed the Senate compliment of HB 701 in Florida. Please contact him and give him a giant thanks.
The bill below has been sent to committee. Wednesday, there will be an 8:30 to 11:30 am speaking block for you to state whether you support this bill. This will be in front of the Health Care Regulatory Committee, in Tallahassee.
While there, you can speak with your reps and lobby with whomever you can get time with. Please be there in support of this bill for all incapacitated.
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Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
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Withholding or Withdrawal of Nutrition or Hydration from Incompetent Persons:
Declares that an incompetent person is presumed to have directed health care providers to provide the necessary nutrition and hydration to sustain life; prohibits a court, proxy, or surrogate from withholding or withdrawing nutrition or hydration except under specified circumstances; provides that the presumption to provide nutrition and hydration is inapplicable under certain circumstances; conforms provisions to changes made by the act; declares that the act supersedes existing court orders otherwise applicable on or after the effective date of the act.
GENERAL BILL by Baxley (CO-SPONSORS) Bean; Brown; Cannon; Cretul; Davis, D.; Flores; Goldstein; Lopez-Cantera; Murzin; Patterson; Quinones; Stargel; Traviesa
Bills :: Florida House Of Representatives
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/bills_detail.aspx?Id=16262&iSessionSelectedIndex=0&sBillSubjectText=&sBillNumberText=701&iSponsorSelectedIndex=0&iBillListSelectedIndex=0&sStatueAmendedText=&iBillTypeSelectedIndex=0&iReferredToSelectedIndex=0&iChamberSelecte
There is a full analysis of the bill with substantive provision online if you wish to check further. There is also a minor provision on maintaining the integrity of the medical profession.
Thank you for posting the information Ohioan.
Senator Wise seems to be a good man and on the ball. I hope the rest of them follow his lead.
Bump!
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While there, you can speak with your reps and lobby with whomever you can get time with. Please be there in support
of this bill for all incapacitated.
Seriously? We, the People, get to talk to our representatives? And they'll actually be there, listening?
Wow!